Argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, and through an emphasis on accou

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As a nation, we spend more than $1 billion a year on federally mandated educational tests that 30 million students must take each year. The country spends an ad

To understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book looks at the consequences that high-stakes tests hold for students,

Everyone is in favor of "high education standards" and "fair testing" of student achievement, but there is little agreement as to what these terms actually mean